Package for shipping



, March 1, 1932. J. J. HOLUB PACKAGE FOR SHIPPING Filed oct. 11, 195oPatented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PAnTl-:Nr OFFICE JOHN J. HOLUB, OFCICERO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE EXCELSIORVSTEEL lFUIEtlTACliYuCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION F ILLINOIS PACKAGE FORSHIPPING Application med october 11,1930. seria1ivo.487,9so.

My present invention relates to improvements in packages for shippingcommodities of divers kinds. It was originally designed for shippingnests of sections of stove pipe,

Q but the principles of its construction are equally applicable to theprovision of rectangular as well as cylindrical packages and forcontaining a variety of other articles as Well as nests of stove pipe.

Nests of stove pipe have heretofore been prepared for shipment byburlapping and then wrapping, and in a great many instances in additioncrating. This is expensive, takes up considerable space and when thepackage is completed requires both hands to handle the package.Corrugated paper board containers are now very largely used for packingarticles for shipment and are deservedly popular on account of theirlightness of l weight. However, such paper board containers involve theexpense of fabrication, and, when of any size, require two hands forhandling them.

As will hereafter be seen, my container involves the provision of a bodyportion, a top and a bottom, together with top and bottom edge bands anda securing strap, which parts are assembled irst and finally when thepackage is prepared for shipment and needs n0 other securing means thanthe strap. By depressing the central portions of the top and bottom sothat the fingers or a hook may be inserted under the strap, the packagemay be much more readily handled with one than two hands.

I have secured the above mentioned results by means of the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is aperspective of a complete cylindrical package embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is an inside view of a top or bottom and protecting edge band, aportion of the top or bottom being broken away to more completelydisclose the protecting band.

Fig. 3 is a central transverse section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of a top or bottom and edge band for arectangular instead of a cylindrical package. n

Similar reference characters are employed to designate similar partsthroughout the several views. 4

tioned so that when rounded into a cylinder or folded to constitute aprism the longitudinal edges will lap a suitable distance,

which lapping edges may be secured by staples 7, or in any other way, orif the niaterial employed is of suiticient stiffness ref'"60 quires nosecuring means whatever. If the package is to be cylindrical, circulardisks 8 are provided, which will register with the top and bottom of thebody portion. If the package is to be of rectangular form, square orother rectangular top and bottom pieces 9, as shown in F ig. 4, areprovided The tup and bottom securing and edge protecting members areformed from a strip of sheet'w metal, such 'as galvanized iron, which isput'10 through the requisite forming wheels to turn and corrugatethereon a lateral flange 10 from side portion 11. Upon one end of theside portion 11 is provided a tongue 12,. and upon the opposite end ofthe side portion 11 is pressed out and partially detached from the sideportion 11 a staple or loop 13 Linder which the tongue 12 passes andback over which the tongue 12 is bent. Also, in` diametrically oppositeportions of the side 11 80 are provided siinilarpressed out staples orloops 14, positioned, however, at right angles to the loop 13.

After the top and bottom and top and bot` tom edge protecting pieceshave been assembled with the body portion a metal strap or band 15 ispassed around the package through each one of the four loops or staples14 and secured, as at 16, by any of the several means which have alreadybeen provided for' 90 pulling and securing such tie bands in position.

Before assembling the tops in the package and while blanking out thesetops I provide by means of suitable dies a depressed area 16 95centrally of each topl and bottom. This depressed central area 16 occursdirectly under the path of the tie band across the bottom and top of thepackage and permits the lingers,

or other instrument, to be inserted beneathV m0 the tie band for liftingand otherwise handling the package.

The most vulnerable portion vof shipping packages are their top andbottom edges and with my package these portions are rendered strongestby the presence of the right angle holding and protecting bands at theseplaces. My package requires a minimum of fabrication and assembly. Byproper selection of materials it can be made of any desired strength. Itis readily opened by snipping the tie band and all portions thereofexcept the tie band may be repeatedly employed.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. A shipping container comprising a body portion, end portions withcentrally de- Y pressed areas, right angle members provided withoppositely located loops covering the juncture between and engaging saidbody portion and said top and said body portion and said bottom, a tiestrap passing longitudinally around said package and through said loopsand means for securing the ends of said tie strap together.

2. A package comprising a body and top and ybottom portions, annulusesof right angle section the horizontal elements whereof are corrugatedand the vertical elements whereof are provided with diametricallypositioned raised loops assembled with said body portion and with saidtops and bottoms to cover the juncture of said tops and bottoms withsaid body portion and a tie strap passing through said loops andencircling said package.

3. In a shipping package top and bottom edge holding and protectingmembers comprising bands of right angle section the horizontal liangewhereof 1s corrugated, means for securing the ends of each band togetherY and diametrically oppositely positioned loops provided upon each ofsaid bands and a tie strap passing through said loops and en circlingsaid package.

JOHN J. HOLUB`

